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A hornet sting can trigger sharp pain, tissue damage, and serious systemic problems such as the destruction of red blood cells and cardiac dysfunction, any of which can be fatal.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

Sudden or sharp pain at the gym is not OK.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

I felt this intensely sharp pain and I thought I was going to die.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2024

He said that as he crossed the river on Friday and stepped onto U.S. soil — his 3-year-old son on his shoulders and his wife following them — he felt a sharp pain.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2023

I felt a sharp pain as the eargear clamps retracted and pulled free of the cartilage on my left ear.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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